All Films

You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Mall Party

1997 • 25 min

Mary-Kate & Ashley are singing, dancing and shopping their way around America's largest mall, the Mall of America. Grab your shopping bag and get ready to take off because the girls want you to be part of all the fun—from the fashion to the music to the roller coasters to the bumper cars.

Tigers of the Snow

1997 • 56 min • United States of America

There are only about 300 remaining Siberian Tigers in the wild, restricted to a section of far Eastern Russia, near the coast. Wildlife biologists risk life and limb to track the tiger and research its movements and habits. They sedate the animals so the tigers can be measured and collared. One Russian scientist is shown raising two tigers which he found orphaned as cubs. He keeps the tigers in a cage, then allows the beasts into a fenced forest-like enclosure. The efforts of these scientists are in contrast to those of poachers, who kill the tigers for their pelts, as well as for body parts to be marketed in traditional Chinese medicine.

I Hate Christmas Too

1997 • 6 min

An unhappy man has an encounter with the ghost of a World War I soldier, who tells him about the 1914 Christmas truce and gives him a new perspective on the season.

Ashes

1997 • 22 min • United States of America

Girls Night Out

1997 • 35 min • United States of America

On a Friday evening, Manhattan gallery owner Jack meets Claire and Victoria on a Soho street and invites them up to his loft "to see his Max Ernst collages." What ensues is an unexpected and intimate exchange of secrets, dreams, and regrets between strangers.

D's Address

1997 • 1 min

Another meditation on loss.

The Day Is Nigh

1997 • 15 min • Germany

Short science fiction film with footage from Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte.

Eyes of the Rainbow

1997 • 47 min • Cuba

"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.

Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride

1997 • 30 min • United States of America

Pearl Randall, a 66-year-old widow, announces that she is planning to remarry, but her three grown children express conflicting emotions. Daughter Terri captures on tape the family's attempts to come to grips with Pearl's new romance.

Doraemons: The Puzzling Challenge Letter of the Mysterious Thief Dorapan

1997 • 31 min • Japan

A 1997 Japanese short anime family film about The Doraemons. It was released on 8 March 1997 with Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City.

In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio)

1997 • 50 min • Italy

One of the last TV performances by Carmelo Bene, from Publio Papinio Stazio and Henrich Von Kleist, mixing the myth of the amazon Pentesilea with the invulnerability of the greek hero Achilles. Bene performs alone in a stage filled with mannequins, acting in playback.

Free Radicals

1997 • 30 min • Sweden

Östlund discovered his penchant for long takes making ski films, in which unbroken shots prove the authenticity of the unbelievable feats depicted. Stunning compositions and an energetic soundtrack (featuring Swedish hip-hop, electronica, ska, and thrash metal) make this a sensory delight, even for those who aren’t skiing enthusiasts.

Trap

1997 • 15 min • Czech Republic

A counselor in the summer camp suddenly finds herself loosing the bikini top while bathing in the lake. And all the teenagers around get excited...

Wolfgang

1997 • 14 min

A composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions. Oscar nominated short film from 1997

Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV Positive Thinking

1997 • 53 min

HIV positive comic Steve Moore talks about his world view, his life and the disease that has become a major part of his life.

bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

1997 • 60 min • United States of America

bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.

MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image

1997 • 30 min • Japan

A silent short film released as a prequel to the Malice Mizer’s third studio album merveilles, the film includes the music video of their single "Bel Air".

Playboy's Cheerleaders

1997 • 50 min

Cheerleaders shake their pom poms

Bride of Resistor

1997 • 6 min • United States of America

Mr. Resistor tries to catch himself a woman.

George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy

1997 • 59 min • United States of America

George Carlin celebrates 40 years of comedy and here, he presents 2 new standup bits, comedian Jon Stewart gives an interview with him, and we look at his old comedy work through the last 4 decades.

Sul 45° parallelo

1997 • 51 min • Italy

In 1996, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Massimo Zamboni, members of the band C.S.I. (Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti) made a journey from Reggio Emilia to Mongolia.

Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1997 • 44 min • United States of America

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" dominates as Halloween comes to Oakdale. Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane while Joe and his two schoolmates participate in Oakdale's scavenger hunt.

The Making of ‘Moebius’

1997 • 30 min

A look into the creation of the film Moebius. Featuring exclusive behind the scenes footage, interviews with the cast and crew, and a look at the film's shooting locations and media coverage. The original cut of this documentary was lost long ago, but 27 years after it's creation, it was reconstructed from footage recovered and remastered taken from various restored VHS, Betacam SP, MiniDV, and DigiBeta tapes. A final version faithful to the original was successfully re-edited under the supervision of Moebius director Gustavo Mosquera R. and released online. Along with the version in Spanish, a version dubbed in English was also released.

Amsanctus - Music Rehearsal

1997 • 15 min • Brazil

Record of the rehearsal of the band Amsanctus in which the actor and film editor from Canibal, E.B. Toniolli, played. The master of the document, lasting about 30 minutes, was not found. The work was partially recovered from the feature "The Cannibals-Mabusiânus also dance Vol. 1" where it had been partially used.